Chile earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 124 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 124 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 5:48 PM GMT-3 (20:48 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 113 km ENE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mb), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-09-19 20:48:09 UTC
Depth
107.9 km (67.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.606° S, 69.034° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.7 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.25
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
67°
Stations used
46

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2128 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3279 days ago · 102 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.7139 km N of Calama, Chile · 3279 days ago · 123 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 3275 days ago · 94 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 4.4155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3273 days ago · 120 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.070 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 3266 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.2116 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3256 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.1113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3252 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 4.5146 km N of Calama, Chile · 3249 days ago · 107 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 4.0155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3245 days ago · 134 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 4.196 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3243 days ago · 95 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 5.0113 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3239 days ago · 97 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.7125 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3239 days ago · 110 km deep · 21 km away

Before

  1. 4.792 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3300 days ago · 99 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 4.4130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3311 days ago · 111 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 4.1153 km N of Calama, Chile · 3314 days ago · 114 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 4.5132 km N of Calama, Chile · 3320 days ago · 121 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ar87. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.